Lucas Bustamante / Palm oil crops and deforestation in the Ecuadorian Choco, Esmeraldas, Ecuador

Lucas Bustamante / Palm oil crops and deforestation in the Ecuadorian Choco Esmeraldas, Ecuador

Jabruson Motion / Chainsaw operator cutting down African oil palm ( Elaeis guineensis) in a plantation within the Protected Area of the Leuseur Ecosystem, part of a programme of habitat restoration, Tenggulun, Aceh Tam...

Floris van Breugel / Young California fan palm (Washingtonia filifera) in sunshine among older palms in a remote oasis in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California, USA March

Juan Carlos Munoz / Palm tree branch dipping towards water, Puerto Jimenez, Golfo Dulce, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.

Gabriel Rojo / Yatay palm / jelly palm (Batia yatay) trees silhouetted at sunset, El Palmar National Park, Entre Rios Province, Argentina

Nick Garbutt / Zebu Cattle (Bos primigenius indicus), Los Llanos, Colombia, South America.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Masked weaverbird (Ploceus velatus) nests in palm tree, Namaqualand, Northern Cape province, South Africa, September 2012.

Willem Kolvoort / View of Byoutier. a very small island in the Seychelles with a pristine beach. Byoutier, Seychelles March 2005

Sandesh Kadur / Female Golden langur (Trachypithecus geei) stripping fibres from and feeding on Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) leaf fronds, Manas, Kokrajhar, Assam, India

Jurgen Freund / Licuala palms (Licuala ramsayi) with light streaming through the canopy, Daintree, Queensland, Australia

Michael Pitts,Michael Pitts / Coconut palms (Cocos nucifera) with the moon rising, Tobago, Caribbean.

Gavin Hellier / Infinity pool at luxury resort along the South Coast, Bermuda, 2007. No release available.

Gavin Hellier / Infinity pool at luxury resort along the South Coast, Bermuda, 2007. No release available.

Floris van Breugel / Sprouting Coconut palm on stony beach on the south shore of Tutuila, American Samoa. January 2012.

Ingo Arndt / Floodplain with Pandanus palms under storm clouds, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, December 2010

Konrad Wothe / Fan Palms (Licuala ramsayi) in rainforest, Daintree National Park, North Queensland, Australia, October

Konrad Wothe / Fan Palms (Licuala ramsayi) in rainforest, Daintree National Park, North Queensland, Australia, October

Konrad Wothe / Looking up through the canopy of Fan Palms (Licuala ramsayi) in rainforest, Daintree National Park, North Queensland, Australia

Jurgen Freund / Silhouette of karst limestone outcrop and Coconut trees (Cocos nucifera) of Entalula Island at sunset. El Nido, Northern Palawan, May 2009.

Jurgen Freund / Moromaho Island is home to thousands of Coconut palms (Cocos nucifera). Twice a year farmers come to this island to harvest copra, the meat of the coconut, which is the source of coconut oil. Wakatobi...

Jurgen Freund / Bajau boys playing on a rope swing hung high up in two tall coconut trees. Sibuan Island, Malaysia, June 2009.

Jurgen Freund / Sibuan Island where some Bajau Laut sea gypsies relocated and settled on land. Malaysia, June 2009.

Jurgen Freund / Aerial view of palm oil plantations (Elaeis guineensis). Sabah, Malaysia, June 2009.

Jurgen Freund / Aerial view of Palm oil plantation (Elaeis quineesis Jacq) New Britain Pam Oil Limited (NBPOL), Papua New Guinea, October 2008

Claudio Contreras / Cloud forest, Pic Macaya National Park, Massif de la Hotte, Haiti, October 2010

Jurgen Freund / Newly harvested Mangrove timber getting cleaned in the sea. The red bark has been taken off causing an orange red tint in the shallow water. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Jurgen Freund / Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) roots getting washed out of the sand due to constant tide changes and erosion. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010

Jurgen Freund / Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) roots getting washed out of the sand due to constant tide changes and erosion. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010

Jurgen Freund / Young West Papuan kids fishing from the their village jetty. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010

Jouan & Rius / Palm leaves (Licuala valida) in swamp forest, Lambir NP, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia

Jouan & Rius / Palm trees (Licuala valida) in swamp forest, Lambir NP, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia

Jouan & Rius / View up through Palm trees in swamp forest, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia

Kevin Schafer / Central American / Red-backed squirrel monkey (Saimiri oerstedii) mother carrying baby on her back, Costa Rica, Vulnerable species

Wild Wonders of Europe / Geslin / White tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) collecting nectar from Dandelion flower (Taraxacum officinale) in the Vatican garden, Rome, Italy, March 2010

Tim Laman / Aerial view of Bora Bora Island, Society Islands, French Polynesia. July 2006

Jenny E. Ross / A Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) plantation in the Coachella Valley near the Salton Sea. More than 90 percent of the dates produced in the United States are grown in this region, using Colorado River...

Sue Flood / Woman tourist relaxing in hammock on tropical beach, Deadman's Bay, Peter Island, British Virgin Islands, April 2008, Model released

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / The palm beach in Vai, Crete, Greece, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / The palm beach in Vai, Crete, Greece, April 2009

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Date palm {Phoenix dactylifera} looking up at the ripening dates, Muscat, Oman

Rob Tilley / Detail of leaf of Cabbage Palmetto (Sabal palmetto) Sanibel Island, Florida, USA

Jurgen Freund / Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) swimming at water surface, split-level, New Guinea, Indo-pacific

Mark Carwardine / Aye-aye {Daubentonia madagascariensis} feeding in palm tree at night, Aye-aye Island, NE Madagascar

Steven David Miller / White-lipped / Giant tree frog (Litoria infrafrenata) on palm tree, Cairns, North Queensland, Australia

Juan Carlos Munoz / Hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) perched in palm tree, silhouetted at sunset, Pantanal NP, Mato Grosso, Brazil, sequence 1/3. Endangered

Jouan & Rius / Licuala fan palm (Licuala ramsayi), Daintree National Park, Queensland, Australia

Juan Manuel Borrero / Palms casting long shadows on the dunes in Drâa Valley, Morocco December 2007